The Experiment

In 'The Experiment', 26 men are chosen to participate in a psychological study that will have them simulate a prison environment, with participants randomly assigned roles of prisoners or guards. As the 'guards' start to abuse their power and the 'prisoners' begin to rebel, the experiment spirals out of control, yielding disastrous results. The movie is a deep exploration of human nature and the effects of power imbalance.

• Adrian Brody lost 30 pounds for his role in the movie.
• The film is a remake of the German film 'Das Experiment'.
• Based on the real-life Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971.
• Adrian Brody and Forest Whitaker both have won Academy Awards.
• The movie was filmed in Iowa.

• We don't get to decide when this is over.
• If you want to study violence, you can't remove yourself from it.
• The world outside is watching. Do not embarrass us.
• I think there’s a lot you don’t know about human nature.
• This is not a prison. This is a psychological experiment.